May 3rd, 1469- Italian philosopher/writer Niccolo Machiavelli was born.
1937- Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind won the Pulitzer.
1952- pilot William P. Benedict and co-pilot Joseph O. Fletcher flew the first aircraft to the north pole. they were also the first to set foot on the north pole.
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First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for me And there was no one left to speak out for me.
-Pastor Martin Niemoller
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